My name is Elizabeth and I've been on this forum for years but the past four years I've been inactive due to my declining health. I've kept up with a lot of you though via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram but if you weren't here or don't remember me here's my background:
I was diagnosed at the age of 13 with several illnesses, one of them being Crohn's Disease. I'll be 20 this summer. I have been on every medication under the sun and have never been in remission. I'm currently looking into having surgery to remove some small intestine and my colon and/or get in a clinical trial. I have two separate feeding tubes-one G-tube and the other is a J-tube. I use the G-tube to drain my stomach since it's partially paralyzed from Gastroparesis and I use the J-tube to do feeds with. I had a port put in last year also since I'm always in the hospital and my veins are worn(as I'm sure you all know the feeling too well). I mainly came back on here for just extra support, questions and to be amongst other Crohnies/UCers. Although I've always been very active with the chronic illness community on Instagram and Twitter, it helps being in the presence of other IBD veterans <3
If you have any questions feel free to ask! I'm an open book :smile:
I was diagnosed at the age of 13 with several illnesses, one of them being Crohn's Disease. I'll be 20 this summer. I have been on every medication under the sun and have never been in remission. I'm currently looking into having surgery to remove some small intestine and my colon and/or get in a clinical trial. I have two separate feeding tubes-one G-tube and the other is a J-tube. I use the G-tube to drain my stomach since it's partially paralyzed from Gastroparesis and I use the J-tube to do feeds with. I had a port put in last year also since I'm always in the hospital and my veins are worn(as I'm sure you all know the feeling too well). I mainly came back on here for just extra support, questions and to be amongst other Crohnies/UCers. Although I've always been very active with the chronic illness community on Instagram and Twitter, it helps being in the presence of other IBD veterans <3
If you have any questions feel free to ask! I'm an open book :smile:
